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Though Claude Klotz is best known as a popular contemporary French author, both under his own name and the pen name Patrick Cauvin, the writer also wrote for the small and big screens, including several collaborations with esteemed director Patrice Leconte. Born in Marseille, Klotz was the son of a railroad worker who engendered an early love of cinema by taking him to see many American films. After attending the Sorbonne for philosophy, Klotz became a French teacher and taught in Paris high schools for over a decade. After serving in the military for two years in Algeria, he began writing crime novels, finding some success. When he began yearning to explore other genres, his publisher suggested adopting a pseudonym, and he chose to use his mother's maiden name paired with Patrick, since it is easily translatable to other languages. While his writing was first adapted for the big screen for the vampire picture featuring Christopher Lee, "Dracula and Son," he garnered more attention when George Roy Hill directed "A Little Romance," starring Laurence Olivier and Diane Lane, based on his successful novel "E=MC2 Mon Amour." Continuing to produce a steady stream of novels on various subjects, he also wrote original TV movie scripts and began working with Patrice Leconte, first on the offbeat 1990 romantic drama "The Hairdresser's Husband." Klotz and Leconte worked together on two other films, "Felix and Lola" and the award-winning "Man on the Train."